Q2 Earnings Forecast for EPRT Issued By Wedbush

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EPRT) – Analysts at Wedbush issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust in a research note issued to investors on Monday, April 28th. Wedbush analyst J. Kornreich expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.46 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Essential Properties Realty Trust’s current full-year earnings is $1.83 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Essential Properties Realty Trust’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.47 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.48 EPS.

Several other research firms have also commented on EPRT. B. Riley lowered shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $29.50 to $33.50 in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Scotiabank decreased their price target on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust from $33.00 to $32.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust from $36.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Capital One Financial began coverage on shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $35.00 price target for the company. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Essential Properties Realty Trust currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.91.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Trading Up 0.2 %

NYSE EPRT opened at $31.79 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $31.67 and a 200-day simple moving average of $32.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 5.36 and a current ratio of 5.36. Essential Properties Realty Trust has a one year low of $25.86 and a one year high of $34.88. The firm has a market cap of $6.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.89, a PEG ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 1.08.

Essential Properties Realty Trust (NYSE:EPRT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 23rd. The company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by ($0.01). Essential Properties Realty Trust had a net margin of 45.15% and a return on equity of 6.12%. The business had revenue of $129.35 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $124.88 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.42 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Essential Properties Realty Trust

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of EPRT. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in Essential Properties Realty Trust by 33.9% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,651,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $145,506,000 after buying an additional 1,178,284 shares during the period. FMR LLC increased its stake in Essential Properties Realty Trust by 6.9% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,422,710 shares of the company’s stock valued at $138,342,000 after buying an additional 284,036 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in Essential Properties Realty Trust by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 3,035,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $99,069,000 after buying an additional 86,244 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in Essential Properties Realty Trust by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,872,955 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,866,000 after buying an additional 43,179 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in Essential Properties Realty Trust in the 4th quarter valued at $83,341,000. 96.98% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Stephen D. Sautel sold 30,000 shares of Essential Properties Realty Trust stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.99, for a total value of $959,700.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 218,785 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,998,932.15. The trade was a 12.06 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.81% of the company’s stock.

Essential Properties Realty Trust Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a $0.295 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.71%. Essential Properties Realty Trust’s payout ratio is 102.61%.

About Essential Properties Realty Trust

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc, a real estate company, acquires, owns, and manages single-tenant properties in the United States. The company leases its properties to middle-market companies, such as restaurants, car washes, automotive services, medical and dental services, convenience stores, equipment rental, entertainment, early childhood education, grocery, and health and fitness on a long-term basis.